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New River County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for New River County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Date

1860

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Ives, E.R.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

Personal Subjects

Geographic Term

New River County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Townsend, Roland, Mrs.	25 years	Female	White		Childbirth
1	2	Townsend, [Infant]	3 days	Male	White		Unknown
1	3	Meredith, Bryant	50 years	Male	White		Gunshot wound
2	1	Liddon, Mary	21 years	Female	Black	Slave	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	2	Liddon, Mary	7 months	Female	Black	Slave	Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
2	3	Odum, Benjamin	31 years	Male	Black	Slave	From accidental injuries
2	4	Hunt, Biron [Byron?]	6 months	Male	Black	Slave	Accidental
2	5	Sweat, Catherine V.	6 months	Female	White		Fever
2	6	Godwin, Pink	10 months	Female	Black	Slave	Infirmity
2	7	Dekle, Eliza	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	8	Kelley, Solomon	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
2	9	Lea, John	30 years	Male	Black	Slave	Heart disease
2	10	Padgett, Mary A.	1 hour	Female	White		Not known
2	11	Patgett, [Infant]	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Not known
2	12	Stephens, John	8 months	Male	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	13	Markee, John T.	54 years	Male	White		Nervous fever
2	14	Parish, Martin	7 years	Male	White		Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
2	15	Micell, Sarah M.	40 years	Female	White		Childbed
2	16	Griver, Jonathan	82 years	Male	White		Congestive chill
2	17	Weeks, Ezechiel	62 years	Male	White		Not known
2	18	Pooser, Charlotte	25 years	Female	Black	Slave	Fever
2	19	Bennett, [Infant]	1 month	Female	White		Not known
2	20	Wilkerson, Cornelius	34 years	Male	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	21	Coon, Willis	5 months	Male	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	22	Williams, William J.	8 months	Male	White		Fever
2	23	Cason, Sarah	40 years	Female	Black	Slave	Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	24	Fralitt, Victoria	8 months	Female	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	25	Goff, Solberry	64 years	Male	Black	Slave	Gravel
2	26	Parish, Francis T.	3 years	Female	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	27	Turner, Mariah	65 years	Female	Black	Slave	Pleurisy Inflammation of the pleura, two membranes separating the lungs from the walls of the chest cavity (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
2	28	Hamilton, Laviniah	4 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
2	29	Sereney, Jacob D., Jr.	5 years	Male	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	30	Godwin, Stephen	66 years	Male	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	31	Coleman, Mary	20 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	32	Howard, Henry	2 years	Male	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
2	33	Johnson, Cornelia	5 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	34	Johns, Elizabeth	4 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	35	Herndon, Rebeca	18 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
3	1	Combs, Chancy	50 years	Female	Black	Slave	Apoplexy Sudden incapacitation, loss of sensation and cessation of motion caused by a stroke or hemorrhaging in the brain (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	2	Hamilton, Lavina	4 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
3	3	Langford, Adeline A.	1 year	Female	White		Typhoid fever
3	4	Quinn, Mary O.	26 years	Female	White		Childbed
3	5	Quinn, James M.	2 years	Male	White		Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	6	[Unnamed female]	4 days	Female	White		Hives Although hives are now generally defined as a rash of itchy red welts on the skin, in the 1800s the term was synonymous with cynanche trachealis, or the croup. The use of the term “hives” in this case is a corruption of the word “heaves,” which describes the patient’s spasmodic convulsions as they attempted to breathe (Mortality Statistics of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1855).
3	7	Conner, Susan	20 years	Female	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
3	8	Conner, [Infant]	2 months	Male	White		Unknown
3	9	Johnson, Solomon	70 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
3	10	Bohannon, Barbara A.	5 years	Female	White		Burnt
3	11	Beasley, [Infant]	3 months	Male	White		Unknown
3	12	Cone, Rosetta	70 years	Female	White		Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
3	13	Kinsey, Thomas J.	8 months	Male	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.

Title

New River County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for New River County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Date

1860

Contributor

Ives, E.R.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1201_mortality_new-river_1860

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Townsend, Roland, Mrs.	25 years	Female	White		Childbirth
1	2	Townsend, [Infant]	3 days	Male	White		Unknown
1	3	Meredith, Bryant	50 years	Male	White		Gunshot wound
2	1	Liddon, Mary	21 years	Female	Black	Slave	Pneumonia
2	2	Liddon, Mary	7 months	Female	Black	Slave	Dysentery
2	3	Odum, Benjamin	31 years	Male	Black	Slave	From accidental injuries
2	4	Hunt, Biron [Byron?]	6 months	Male	Black	Slave	Accidental
2	5	Sweat, Catherine V.	6 months	Female	White		Fever
2	6	Godwin, Pink	10 months	Female	Black	Slave	Infirmity
2	7	Dekle, Eliza	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Diarrhea
2	8	Kelley, Solomon	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Dysentery
2	9	Lea, John	30 years	Male	Black	Slave	Heart disease
2	10	Padgett, Mary A.	1 hour	Female	White		Not known
2	11	Patgett, [Infant]	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Not known
2	12	Stephens, John	8 months	Male	White		Diarrhea
2	13	Markee, John T.	54 years	Male	White		Nervous fever
2	14	Parish, Martin	7 years	Male	White		Worms
2	15	Micell, Sarah M.	40 years	Female	White		Childbed
2	16	Griver, Jonathan	82 years	Male	White		Congestive chill
2	17	Weeks, Ezechiel	62 years	Male	White		Not known
2	18	Pooser, Charlotte	25 years	Female	Black	Slave	Fever
2	19	Bennett, [Infant]	1 month	Female	White		Not known
2	20	Wilkerson, Cornelius	34 years	Male	White		Diarrhea
2	21	Coon, Willis	5 months	Male	White		Diarrhea
2	22	Williams, William J.	8 months	Male	White		Fever
2	23	Cason, Sarah	40 years	Female	Black	Slave	Dropsy
2	24	Fralitt, Victoria	8 months	Female	White		Diarrhea
2	25	Goff, Solberry	64 years	Male	Black	Slave	Gravel
2	26	Parish, Francis T.	3 years	Female	White		Diarrhea
2	27	Turner, Mariah	65 years	Female	Black	Slave	Pleurisy
2	28	Hamilton, Laviniah	4 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
2	29	Sereney, Jacob D., Jr.	5 years	Male	White		Diarrhea
2	30	Godwin, Stephen	66 years	Male	White		Dropsy
2	31	Coleman, Mary	20 years	Female	White		Consumption
2	32	Howard, Henry	2 years	Male	White		Teething
2	33	Johnson, Cornelia	5 years	Female	White		Dropsy
2	34	Johns, Elizabeth	4 years	Female	White		Consumption
2	35	Herndon, Rebeca	18 years	Female	White		Consumption
3	1	Combs, Chancy	50 years	Female	Black	Slave	Apoplexy
3	2	Hamilton, Lavina	4 years	Female	White		Typhoid fever
3	3	Langford, Adeline A.	1 year	Female	White		Typhoid fever
3	4	Quinn, Mary O.	26 years	Female	White		Childbed
3	5	Quinn, James M.	2 years	Male	White		Dysentery
3	6	[Unnamed female]	4 days	Female	White		Hives
3	7	Conner, Susan	20 years	Female	White		Diarrhea
3	8	Conner, [Infant]	2 months	Male	White		Unknown
3	9	Johnson, Solomon	70 years	Male	White		Consumption
3	10	Bohannon, Barbara A.	5 years	Female	White		Burnt
3	11	Beasley, [Infant]	3 months	Male	White		Unknown
3	12	Cone, Rosetta	70 years	Female	White		Pneumonia
3	13	Kinsey, Thomas J.	8 months	Male	White		Diarrhea

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Townsend, Roland, Mrs., ca.1835-ca.1860

Townsend, [Infant], ca.1860-ca.1860

Meredith, Bryant, ca.1810-ca.1860

Liddon, Mary, ca.1839-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Liddon, Mary, ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Odum, Benjamin, ca.1829-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Hunt, Biron [Byron?], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Sweat, Catherine V., ca.1860-ca.1860

Godwin, Pink, ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Dekle, Eliza, ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Kelley, Solomon, ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Lea, John, ca.1830-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Padgett, Mary A., ca.1860-ca.1860

Patgett, [Infant], ca.1858-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Stephens, John, ca.1860-ca.1860

Markee, John T., ca.1806-ca.1860

Parish, Martin, ca.1853-ca.1860

Micell, Sarah M., ca.1820-ca.1860

Griver, Jonathan, ca.1778-ca.1860

Weeks, Ezechiel, ca.1798-ca.1860

Pooser, Charlotte, ca.1835-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Bennett, [Infant], ca.1860-ca.1860

Wilkerson, Cornelius, ca.1826-ca.1860

Coon, Willis, ca.1860-ca.1860

Williams, William J., ca.1860-ca.1860

Cason, Sarah, ca.1820-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Fralitt, Victoria, ca.1860-ca.1860

Goff, Solberry, ca.1796-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Parish, Francis T., ca.1857-ca.1860

Turner, Mariah, ca.1795-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Hamilton, Laviniah, ca.1856-ca.1860

Sereney, Jacob D., Jr., ca.1855-ca.1860

Godwin, Stephen, ca.1794-ca.1860

Coleman, Mary, ca.1840-ca.1860

Howard, Henry, ca.1858-ca.1860

Johnson, Cornelia, ca.1855-ca.1860

Johns, Elizabeth, ca.1856-ca.1860

Herndon, Rebeca, ca.1842-ca.1860

Combs, Chancy, ca.1810-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Hamilton, Lavina, ca.1856-ca.1860

Langford, Adeline A., ca.1859-ca.1860

Quinn, Mary O., ca.1834-ca.1860

Quinn, James M., ca.1858-ca.1860

[Unnamed female], ca.1860-ca.1860

Conner, Susan, ca.1840-ca.1860

Conner, [Infant], ca.1860-ca.1860

Johnson, Solomon, ca.1790-ca.1860

Bohannon, Barbara A., ca.1855-ca.1860

Beasley, [Infant], ca.1860-ca.1860

Cone, Rosetta, ca.1790-ca.1860

Kinsey, Thomas J., ca.1860-ca.1860

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New River County (Fla.)

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United States. Department of the Interior. New River County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860. 1860. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345698>

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